Leviticus 22:8:1Lev.22.8.W1TAB
נְבֵלָ֧ה
nevelah
“carcass”
- Transliteration
- ne-ve-LAH
- Extended
- neh-veh-LAAH
- IPA
- /nə.veː.ˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- carcass
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ne-ve-LAH
- phraseyour reading level
ne-ve-LAH oo-treh-FA
- clause
ne-ve-LAH oo-treh-FA LO yo-a-KHAL leh-tah-me-ah-VAH
- sentence
ne-ve-LAH oo-treh-FA LO yo-a-KHAL leh-tah-me-ah-VAH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the coordinated nouns nevelah {נְבֵלָה | nə-ḇê-lāh} ‘carcass’ and utreifah {טְרֵפָה | ū-ṭre-p̄āh} ‘torn animal’, linked by the conjunction vav to enumerate two sources of ritual impurity.
Root and etymology
n-b-lnun-bet-lamed
“to decay, wither”
In context — Leviticus 22:8
He must not eat a carcass or a torn animal, so as not to become unclean by it. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 22:8, so the Hebrew word נְבֵלָ֧ה (nevelah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.22.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.8.W1.S1) and character.